SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Aquantia Corp., (NYSE: AQ), a leader in high-speed, Multi-Gig Ethernet
connectivity solutions, today announced that its automotive networking
portfolio is the 10Gbps Ethernet connectivity solution for the DRIVE
Xavier™ and DRIVE
Pegasus platforms for autonomous vehicles. The high-performance
NVIDIA AI computing platforms featuring Aquantia Multi-Gig networking
will be available to automotive partners starting in the first quarter
of 2018.

NVIDIA DRIVE AI car computers use deep learning to process data from
multiple cameras, radar, LIDAR and other sensors throughout the vehicle.
To deliver Level 4 and Level 5 driving – which is categorized as a fully
autonomous vehicle – hundreds of trillions of deep learning operations
per second (TOPS) need to receive and process sensor data and
immediately communicate critical decisions throughout the vehicle’s
systems. For example, the DRIVE Xavier processor parses all the
information to understand a full 360-degree perception around the
vehicle, and determine the presence and movement of pedestrians, other
vehicles and objects as it plans a safe path forward. The Aquantia
Ethernet products communicate the data and decisions back and forth
throughout the system at 10Gbps over automotive Ethernet cables to help
provide a seamless autonomous experience.

“The NVIDIA DRIVE platform uses redundant and diverse functions to
achieve the highest level of safety, for which Multi-Gig connectivity is
an absolute necessity,” said Faraj Aalaei, Chairman and CEO of Aquantia
Corp. “Aquantia was the first to drive the standards that introduced
Multi-Gig connectivity into other markets, and we have maintained a
leadership position while transitioning those markets to higher speeds.
We are pleased to collaborate with NVIDIA to be the first to provide
this crucial building block to the automotive industry to enable a safe
self-driving experience.”

“Each autonomous vehicle is a moving, self-contained data center,
powered by an energy-efficient AI supercomputer that you can hide in the
trunk,” said Gary Hicok, senior vice president of hardware development
at NVIDIA. “To achieve a safe self-driving experience, we require
secure, reliable, redundant Multi-Gig networks to move vast amounts of
data.”

Multi-Gig Ethernet For Automotive

Autonomous-driving is creating a paradigm shift in the automotive
industry with a very stringent set of requirements, from the
high-resolution cameras to the need for redundant and secure networks,
running on reliable and low-cost cabling. As a result, the industry has
identified Multi-Gig Ethernet over copper as the most promising
technology to deliver connectivity for in-vehicles networks. Raymond
James estimates that the silicon content related to autonomous-driving
will represent a TAM of $30 billion by 20301. Each of these
vehicles can have up to fifty units of networking silicon. Learn more
about Multi-Gig AQcelerate products here.

About Aquantia

Aquantia is a leader in the design, development and marketing of
advanced, high-speed communications ICs for Ethernet connectivity in the
Data Center, Enterprise Infrastructure and Access markets. Aquantia
products are designed to cost-effectively deliver leading-edge data
speeds for use in the latest generation of communications infrastructure
to alleviate network bandwidth bottlenecks caused by the growth of
global IP traffic and in emerging and demanding applications such as
autonomous driving. Aquantia is headquartered in Silicon Valley. For
more information, visit www.aquantia.com.

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1 Source: Raymond James, From ADAS to Autonomous: A 25-Year
Forecast and Full Value Chain Analysis, The 2017 Version—March 2017
Silicon content in Autonomous Vehicles estimated to total a TAM of $30B
in 2030.